so the more we write about america, the more we tell the story america perhaps i'm hopeful that america will continue to learn. i am most like the camels. be in arizona for sure. you know, because america is a big a capitalist place. if there's a market for it, we'll bring here. there's no there's no doubt about it. that's the american story. you know so i'm hopeful i have enormous despite all the pain that i've seen with racism, with war, with refugee. my hope my continuous hope is not diminished is still the flame of hope, is still alive and just want the the the the doors and the sons of oppressed americans can be included in the american experience. that is what i what i that's the reason why i wrote this book to america. i want that to and we can do it. i don't believe america cannot do this. we can do it. but have to make sure. we admitted first that there's a problem, that there's a pain and perhaps just the the ones we admit it the young people america's admitted then the rest will be easy. that's what i believe wonderful. we're to turn into taking questions now. i would love to

in america, i have my children in america, but i am ashamed of what america is doing, not only in ukraineicult to be an american all over the world and be proud of it when you understand that your government humiliates and forces people in other countries. i don't like it when they say russian american jeff monson i. russian i will ask, because i will not have anyone else to ask about this in the near future. but you still know america well, this is your native land. they say that america is a country that has brought so much grief to the world in recent decades, and it will answer for this, but not by the fact that someone will destroy it. no, this is not a russian bomb about to hit, as they are trying to frighten us. america will die from an internal civil war from internal contradictions, but you are really doing it. i think yes the problem. in this no one will be the military might to attack america in america in 850 military bass all over the world. i think you are right. here i live in ufa. i like it, but when i walk around vse with my daughter, people stop me every day and ask. wel

i love america i love the american people the american church christians who live in america but the godless government that persecutes russia is persecuting their christians who now live in america this is very similar to what happened in russia a little over 100 years ago those who overthrew the tsar and took over the country they were called bolsheviks like said solzhenitsyn, these were impostors who seized power in russia, the cleansings that stalin carried out, the terrible things that lenin did, were not a manifestation of the russian soul of the russian spirit. it was the destruction of russia about the same. now happening in america we are dealing with people who are not christians. atheists with people who have no commitment to the traditions of family love for children and they have usurped the american government. they have power. not only do they control the government, they don’t control the newspapers, nor the tv channels, and they also intend to eradicate orthodoxy, because they treat anyone in america who has the truth of the faith as an enemy and the same goes for ot

we want america to be america again. americans don't believe the constitution is obsolete.they don't believe the principled pluralism can't work anymore. don't expect -- except the notion that we are and we have no agency. yes it's true it's hard to look away fromdd the addictive 24-hor news cycle rubbernecking is deep inside ofee all humans but with the government's. she doom in decline and what they don't understand american history are america's preferences despite some of the pessimism of our uncertain technologically disruptive moment americans are fundamentally grateful to be here in the greatest nation the world has ever known. we are optimists. america was our birthplace. reno politics won't save us but that doesn't mean that where hopeless. just means we know what's best about america that comes from outside the centers of power same as it ever was. we need to regain her bearings in recall our rich architecture. we don't need americans to be confident about self-governance for men and women. we need to do see clearly the three amends and enduring reasons for hope t

i said america will go. don't know if it's going to happen in 5-20 or 50 years, but america will collapse in just a couple of months in september. 2015 i received a russian visa and flew to russia alone for the first time and began to study what and how in terms of what is possible, i would like to live here. then i came two more times and finally in 2017 i flew here with my wife eight children, that's where we stayed. it would be a blessing if i always tell you they are not bailiffs, for example, you have a newspaper in which you see photographs of a man. at first, just walking down the street, then someone comes up to him from behind, pushes him to the ground, beats him and, of course , in the newspaper he starts talking about evil. a man attacked this innocent citizen, but you are not told that half an hour before this man found out that this man was sleeping with his wife, and as soon as you get this additional information that happened earlier to you, he no longer seems so angry to you, it begins to see

because he knew america was more than a country, america was an idea. he went home to germany, and he wanted germany to have a revolution based upon the values and freedoms that we defend every day. his talent was art. so he believed if he painted this painting, he could inspire his countrymen to rise up for the idea of freedom. many historians will tell you he didn't get it correct. they'll tell you washington crossed on a durham boat. but he paints it with washington in a row boat. you see, 13 people but only 12 faces. you see washington standing up in a row boat in the middle of winter, wearing a ceremonial uniform with his hand on his chest. he looks so stoic. you would look at that man and say, i'd follow him anywhere. you probably believe that he never lost a battle. but history would tell us, at that moment, at that time, he'd only lost. we had never won. you see, that was the night of our first victory as a nation when we surprised the hessians. when you look at that painting, don't look at washington. i want you to look at who is in the boat. y

end in america.. this loss about a lot more than ships at science as well. decades ago the united states of america invested 2% of its gdp and research and development, 2% of the billions of dollars of the gdp we invested in research and developments. jenness we did today? less than seven tenths of 1% spirit be used to rank number one in the world been the best universities the best lines in the world. we stop investing in ourselves, guess what. we now rank ninth in the world from number one. china a decade ago it was number eight in the world now number two in the world. countries are closing in on us faster. chips in science act we finally convince our friends they will allow us to claim our leadership in the world. companies from home and abroad around the world have announced more than $300 billion in investments in higher cap manufacturing that includes computer chips, manufacturing. i asked one of the major investors united states of america have to be a korean country south korean company they

further well-being, all those peoples of america's. let us remember that march 13, 1961, president john f. kennedy proposed and informed, through the white house, that he was talking to ambassadors of latin america and the caribbean about progress. at that time, the united states invested 10 years with $10 billion. at today's prices that would be $82 billion for the benefit of the people of latin america and the caribbean. nonetheless this has been the only important thing really that has been done in terms of operation for development in our continent -- continent and more than half a century. therefore, i holds that this is the moment for us to determine to do away with this abandonment, this disdain and this fruit get fullness of latin america and the caribbean, which is close to the policy of the titan of freedom and liberty, fdr. and starting with you, because there would be no other leader. -- no other leader that could implement this enterprise's beginning with you to start a new stage with you, mr. president, the nations and pe

we shorthanded this america first, but it was thinking about america, as this most important place. its people, and america's place in the world as most important nation among all. >> when you work with mike. he is so focused on outcomes and results, less about the activities, it doesn't matter the actions or meetings you sat in, it is did we get the results for the american people? that is his focus. >> wherever mike was, people knew that america was strength, he projected strength, and leadership and courage. >> i am sanctioned by the chinese communist party, that is sending a message to me. but what they are really doing telling the folk us who come behind me, if you behave like that guy we'll come after you and iranians sending a message to my successor, don't behave like mike pompeo did, if you do, we will threaten your life, this is not about mike this is about america, make sure we don't let the bad guys change the way we think every day, about acting is seriousness and thoughtfulness to protect our nation, the things we did that cause need be pan sanctions push back against

america. and if there is one take home message that have for you this evening, if there's one thing that i want every viewer of season fan and every patriot in this room and beyond, from east to west, north to south, all over the to know it is that despite the indices, beautiful problems, challenges threats and realities currently afflicting the united states of america, this is still easily by far away, hands down, head and shoulders. the greatest country in the history of the. every single time i speak to an elementary school, middle school, public school or college audience, i look at those student in the eyes and i tell them the day that they were born in the united of america or the day that moved permanently to the united states of america, is day that they won the lot. tree of life. and got the most amazing the most incredible, the most remarkable, the most sensational heads start on anyone and everyone everywhere else. this is the best country in the world to be born in, to live in, to

if america was god's earth.hile this is all happening, during this time period, as most of you probably know, that british had already launched their campaign into the southern colonies, the rebellious colonies. between 1778 and 1781, british troop transports departed from new york for the south, the carolinas, georgia, virginia on several occasions. each of them included germans, thousands of germans served in the south. hundreds of them occupied savannah and charleston, for example, well after the defeated yorktown. my next document takes us further south, takes us to west florida. on the left is a printed pamphlet. we have several printed records of the journey from new york to pensacola, west florida. there was east and west florida at the time, west had remained loyal to britain as well. it's another, like canada, another loyal province. those troops sailed down in late 1778, stopped over in jamaica, and arrived in pensacola. the regiment that participated in this was the entire valve dike regiment. they we

they do not want to protect america.hey do not want to unleash american energy for the american people to get our costs under control. they want to continue to protect the communist china party and the chinese themselves. i rise in protection not just in support of h.r. 22 but the american people and the american workers. thank you, mr. speaker. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlelady from washington. mrs. rodgers: may inquire to the time remaining. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from washington has three minutes. mrs. rodgers: i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey has four minutes. the gentlelady reserve. mr. pallone: is the gentlewoman prepared to close? mrs. rodgers: i'm pleased to yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from texas, mr. fallon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. fallon: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today as a co-sponsor of protecting america's strategic petroleum reserve

we couldn't produce and couldn't produce in america what we consume, that's what we're asking. of course we could. this is a matter of definition and planning as well together, planning together joint future nidevelopment planning. united partnering in america amounts to consolidating definitely the most important region of the world would have so many advantages. we have labor forces with technological development and also with great natural resources. distances between our countries and other countries in terms of transportation and we also have demands in our marketplaces. $18,100 a year. [inaudible] nonetheless productive integration we're now proposing should also have the backing and support of private investment and 1913, 1961, president kennedy proposes through the white house and he was there talking to ambassadore of latin america and the community that plan alliance with progress. at that time, the united states invested $10 billion. at today's prices that would be $82 billion for the benefit of the peoples of latin america and thee caribbean. nonetheless this has be

in india and south africa and of in america. the vast majority of them, at least 30,000, saw service in america. in august 1776, in a german periodical, the deutscher chronicle, the german chronicle noted optimistically that, quote, soon the english would have to thank the germans a second time for the conquest of america. the editor was to william pitt's famous to germany's role in the seven years. for a decade earlier a war that had resulted in france ceding a large of its territorial possessions in north america along several caribbean islands to britain. earlier that 1776 britain's prime lord north had predicted the higher of the german auxiliaries would bring the war which he a speedy resolution quote the further a fusion of blood. neither of these predictions course, as we know now, came true. the steady supply of germans actually helped keep the war going for seven more years. so before i continue, me emphasize that by the late 1770s, early 1780s, one third of the british regular armies strength in north america consisted

and latin america and the caribbean, when are the americans eh?counteracted the spread with the indian revolution put pressure on cuba and organized an intervention in the lantern. latin america is historically perceived by the united states as such a kind of backyard foreign policy activity that the soviet union showed in the latin american direction in the late eighties, just considered itself one of the states, well, in fact, interference in this backyard was impossible in any in any case to allow, and the penetration of communism communist regimes that were so strong in latin america in general, an example of cuba. it has always been before the eyes of the united states, but here it certainly is. e possibility, as in the same domino effect, the fall of some regimes, the spread of others, the panama canal zone. uh, it was precisely american territory. that is, there was an american garrison. which controls the zone and the profits from the nam canal went to the united states. well, in the seventies , the united states government agreed with the

america's energy. our natural gas and oil resources may, moved, and approved every day by 11 million men and women working tirelessly behind the scenes across the nation. we gear up. we show up. we protect what's here. we shape our future. but to us this is just a wednesday. out here, out here, out here. we want to make smarter better energy, energy that we can rely on as our need for it grows, tackling today's complex problems together and solving tomorrow's big challenges. so we want to invite you to experience the solutions that are out here. >> please welcome to the stage mike summers, president and chief executive officer of the american petroleum institute. [applause] >> good morning. thank you all for being here, and welcome to the 2023 state of american energy. api has held the state of american energy for more than a dozen years this is my fifth as president and ceo. in previous addresses i've described america's energy advantage, and the benefits of developing our resources and building our i

my commitment is just the first step towards executing a plan that has america -- america has amended of us. we are going to roll up our sleeves, get to work, listen to everyone around us and do the heavy lifting. we will have perspective and better results. that is what i learned in the big first. i refuse to be stapled to my desk in washington dc. i will continue to spend time thinking, praying and reflecting on how best to serve the people in my district. i did not come to congress to be a caretaker of the slow demise of america. i am here to fight to work -- and to work to make america stronger. i think our brightest days are yet to come. thank you, and i yell back. >> i rise today to condemn intonation by pro-abortion activists. there have been acts of violence gets present -- pregnancy centers, porsche -- worship centers and vandalism, harassment, firebombings and physical assault have been reported all across the country, skyrocketing in communities began small. in addition to these violent acts, they constitute intimidation towards pro-life organizations. that only has biden a

america doesn't care. doesn't care about ukraine or ukrainians. affairs not to ukraine nor to ukrainians, if they cared about them, they would constantly talk about what has happened over the past eight years and beg.

they kicked america right out the students we are done winning the war for them. the government created in baghdad is still the government of iraq. in afghanistan the situation is different. essentially been attempting a coalition of minorities on the morality of the country the 40% of the population and they have essentially no political representation in their government. i've been sworn to resist american occupation since they started fighting in 2004 -- 2005. they are going to take over the country almost certainly. that means there is going to be hell to pay for those who've been propped up in power by the united states so far. it would be great if they could negotiate some kind of peaceful resolution in the form of a new government there. but frankly i expect the worst brick. >> in your book, enough already you described 911 as blowback, what you mean by that? >> well blowback is a term coined by the central intelligence agency after i run and 1953. it means not just consequences it means long term consequences of secret foreign policy so when they come back

our politicians, journalists, they are dividing america to the detriment of all of america but especially people of color. the other thing i would like to mention, planned parenthood. how many black babies have been murdered? they put the planned parenthood offices in minority neighborhoods. so what is the message? those black lives don't matter, do they." host: patricia, we will hear from robert woodson. guest: you are right, they talk about black family life and as you say, anytime you generalize about a group of people to say i'm representing women, then you try to apply remedies, it always helps those at the top as opposed -- in other words, the whole #metoo movement started when a young black woman wanted to give voice to other black low income women who are being abused, so she started it and then lead progressives got a hold of the #metoo movement and when you generalize about women, what were the women teased -- remedies? people need to be on board of directors, women need to be higher up in corporate america, jobs? and so up her income black and white women benefited from general

we are in america. we believe in equal justice.hy did they not even tell america that that transpired? how did he sit before 60 minutes knowing what he had done? how did we find out a second location and he's shocked by it? why or two asking him these questions? why doesn't he come forward to the american public? we don't think there needs to be a special prosecutor, but i think congress has a role. last question. reporter: [inaudible] speaker mccarthy: a lawyer or attorney to clean up? i have a lawyer. i don't know the point you're trying to get at so help me further on the question. reporter: [inaudible] speaker mccarthy: no, i use my hands and my own. i think if you call a lawyer to remove something from your office he must have known ahead of time. so i think he has a lot of answers to the american public. the good thing about that is the american public has the congress that can get the answers. thank you all. i hope you have a great weekend. >> attorney general merrick garland has appointed a special counsel to oversee the in

here donald trump stood for america 1st make america great. again, america. first, annuity is process law processes, but very few people should have more money. so that to me is that's my, one of the rally cries that i have in addition to the unsurmountable dead. but i'm worried about what country am it is being, am overwhelmed and flooded with welfare and illegal immigration and to the tune of over 20 train dollars and dead. and you, it was just going to collapse under is on, on wait. some estimates such as veterans like chris hill, now make up at least 25 percent of militia rosters in the united states. yes, so back in 2009 when i wrote the now the story is department homeland security, right? we extreme as a report. i did have a little section in there that talked about returning veterans and how they could potentially be recruited by these, you know, right, we extremist groups to boost the biling capabilities of these groups and help them train and, and, you know, perfect their skills. so one of the ways that the recruit online is through websites, twitte

zeenat: he campaigned on america first. oftentimes america first was perceived as america alone. as you met with other diplomats head of states around the world, did that hamper the work you were trying to get done? sec. pompeo: i remember well. the media narrative was america alone. nothing could be further from the truth about what we did. we were about making sure we did our task, which was serving you all, the american people. we were -- when i meet with the prime minister of bangladesh, i would remind them put bangladesh first. every leader has a first responsibility to the people that put them in power. or the structure that put them in power in their own country. it was anything but america alone. this came because -- we were trying to convince nato countries, european countries to spend more money on their own security. frankly wish we had been more successful. it wasn't about withdrawing from nato. it was about -- germany, you are a wealthy country, you can't spend less than 1% of your g.d.p. on your own security t will end badly. we can now see the impacts of them not t

toxic politics will not restore america. only real leadership will do that. we must reject and overcome fear and hatred in our politics and in our society and we must work to rebuild the bond of trust and respect among americans. i recognize that this is a tall task, but we have already achieved the impossible. tonight in this sacred place where the great experiment of american democracy was literally born, i will proudly say that my faith in this country and my optimism for her future has never wavered and that is because of you, the people of maryland, who have had the good fortune to meet at ball games, businesses, schools, downtowns and main streets. i wish all marylanders and all americans could see what i have been able to see up close every single day over these past 8 years, that deep down, there truly is far more that unites us than divides us. this one last time, from the bottom of my heart, thank you, and farewell. serving you has been the honor of a lifetime. together we truly have changed maryland for the better. may god continue to bless the gre

a russian mouse who wants to come to america because there are no cats in america and all the streetsare eight with cheese. when fievel arrived in america, guess what he discovers? there are cats in america industries aren't paved with cheese, it's a perfect example of what is happening to millions and millions of immigrants arriving during the gilded age. here is a photograph. of folks crossing from the ship onto ellis island to be processed. i want you to take a really close look at this. i want you to tell me what you see and particularly what or who they see. where are the men, exactly. this photograph shows women and children. the question, is where are the man? now, it's not that they got off first. the husband, the father, the head of the household, would oftentimes leave the country, the family, and come to america himself first. find a job, find a place to live. and then he writes back to the family, here is where i'm living, here's where i'm working. sell everything we have, take the next vote. i will meet you. so, this is a photograph of women with probably their worldly po

i said america will go.g to happen in 5-20 or 50 years, but america will collapse in just a couple of months in september. 2015 i got a russian visa and flew to russia alone for the first time and began to study what and how for what is possible, i want live here. then i came two more times and finally in 2017 i flew here with my wife and 8 children. this is where we stayed. for example, you have a newspaper in which you see photographs of a man. first, just walking down the street, then someone comes up to him from behind, pushes him to the ground, beats him and, of course , in a newspaper or in some kind of news release, he starts talking about an evil cruel man attacked this innocent citizen, but you do not say that half an hour before this this man found out that this man is sleeping with his wife, and as soon as you get this additional information about what happened earlier to you, he no longer seems so angry, it begins to seem to you that his actions can be justified, he has a reason to feel angry. an

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we're the united states of america. not a joke. [applause] we're the united states of america.r been a single thing we've set our mind to that we've failed to accomplish. there's nothing beyond our capacity if we act together and remember who in god's name we are. so, god bless you all and may god protect our troops. and may god protect those who stand watch over our democracy. i now have the opportunity and the great honor to award the medals to these incredible individuals and their representatives. lieutenant commander shields, would you come and please read the citations? lt. com. shields: the presidential citizens medal recipients. jocelyn benson. [applause] jocelyn benson was elected twice by the people of michigan as their secretary of state, where she continues her steadfast commitment to protect the right to vote and the integrity of our elections in the state of michigan. in 2020, she administered an election with record turnout and certified the results in the face of unprecedented pressure and threats, including armed protestors outside her home. we the people honor

we've always america has always we will prevail again. but this is a book, american perspective that is really the sort of map that gps map, about how we retrieve the american dream and american greatness. it will happen. i feel very confident about it, but i hope that everyone reads this. adam, you've been you and i have worked together now for what, been five or six years. and this incredible, you know, activist organization with several million around the country who believe in freedom, believe in free enterprise, believe in liberty. i, spence, are concerned about some of those poll results of young people that. they don't seem to have the same kind of appreciation for the greatness of america. so can we get this? i want to see this book put libraries and put in schools so that young can can read this and learn from it. so congratulations on a great book. it's america and perspective. thank you for c-span for covering this and i will now turn it. who do i turn it over to? now? right here. thank you for having me, steve. let's move it a

uh, what problems with latin america are very different soon.opment of these countries ah, the financial and economic difficulties facing the region in argentina over the past year recorded a colossal eh, one of the most the world's highest inflation 95% 94.8, which means that the national currency fell fell by 41%. in such conditions, of course, to be selected practically. here's to the realization of the idea of ​​creation. uh, a common currency for latin americans is certainly difficult, but this is the future, because the growing number of strange people in the world not only in latin america in africa about which i mentioned understand that dependence on the dollar and the euro is detrimental. and, if not fatal, because. uh, this dependence leaves its mark not only on economic development, but also leads to sometimes their disastrous political consequences, therefore, for this realization of the world economy. what is being said about this future, what is called experienced it? pleasure to have depending on the dollar, and so that here 300

go long on america.america you will never lose go long on america and how do you maintain that -- optimistic enthusiastic view considering all of the incoming because i know a lot of viewers out will going it is incoming all day long the american stuff. how do you fight it and maintain that attitude? >> want to know the truth i read a -- book a while ago. world less traveled by scott pac since passed god rest his soul but he said you know the strangest thing is disorder, is the natural state of things. you know you look at a bush and you don't trim it grows crazy it doesn't grow like in squares. but that's strange he said -- you don't think humanity has been touched by hand of god why does it get more order? not less? it is the only thing -- i know you're a lover of jesus christ like me. why does human kind get more order it is the only thing in nature that the defies every law of nature and the reason is god is blessed us differently and not only blessed us but he's blessed this place, the united states

it's not like people are sitting around a table somewhere in central america.o i got a great idea. let's sell everything we have. let's give it to a coyote, a smuggler. they'll take us on a tiring journey for the thousands of journey for the thousands of miles to get to the united states. then we're gonna illegally cross the border. they're gonna drop us in the desert in a place where we don't speak the language, won't that be fun? i'm not being facetious. well, vice president harris lead this effort to make things better in the countries from which they are leaving. and thanks to her leadership, she's been able to generate more than $3.2 billion dollars from the private sector to create jobs and opportunities in el salvador, honduras and guatemala. tell people to stay in their own countries, home countries, where it'll be safer and they have some opportunities. we've also set up a joint patrols and law enforcement with mexico and guatemala that share real time information on locations that smugglers are using to convince migrant groups to cross illegally. that

america got caught up in a crisis, too. russia's invasion of ukraine added volatility to global market that was already stressed by the effect of the covid driven supply and demand imbalance. russia was a major supplier of diesel around the world creating global bottlenecks and price spikes that let you nations immune. as in many times before, the world look to america for energy supplies and for help. and that's what makes of this year's state of american energy different. every day this country and this industry and our workforce are demonstrating that the solution is here in america. and the world is watching. many of us can remember a time when america would not have been able to step up. we think back to her own energy crisis in the 1970s when gasoline lines stretched blocks long, and our pumps ran dry. we remember and more when some experts proclaimed that we were in the twilight of the oil and gas industry, even as energy demand outpaced supply. but american innovation changed the arc of history. the story of the sha

we are in america, we believe in equal justice. why did they not tell america that transpired? how did he sit before 60 minutes knowing what he had done? how do we find out a second location and shocked by it. why aren't you asking him these questions? why doesn't he come forth to the american public? we think there needs to be a special prosecutor but congress has a role. last question. [inaudible question] >> a lawyer, i don't know what point you are trying to get at. [inaudible question] >> i use my hands and my own. if you call a lawyer to remove something from your office, must have known ahead of time. there are a lot of answers for the american public. the american public has a cong

is doing and what america looks right. you know, i think one of the things one of the central themes of the book really is the overlap of age and race and that is because i believe that a lot of the tension that exists in the moment is foundationally rooted in concerns that immigration and race in particular. and so there's an entire chapter of the book, you know, that looks at, for example the extent to which projections that america will become majority minority are accurate, and it's rooted in you know, the census bureau is really great institution. and i rush to say that because i think they do great work, but they are bounded by the data they collect and they've tried to make it so that they can collect a and more more complex set of data around race in the united states over. time has been hampered by that, including during the trump. but so, for example the census bureau projections, last time they so was in 2017, they projected certain percentage of america will be hispanic. you know, up until 2060 or so. those pro

[laughing] in the decades since, this group has come together again and again to meet america's needsng for civil rights, supporting the vulnerable, taking in refugees fleeing conflict, tackling the hiv/aids epidemic, and fighting violent crime in our neighborhoods. today, on the defining priorities of our time, america's mayors continue to lead the way, and to deliver results for our people. we know that cities are the engines of opportunity and ingenuity in the united states. they're where challenges tend to emerge first, and solutions are often forged quickest. i've been able to see some of that firsthand in my own travelt over the last couple of years. the great vitality of cities is why president biden asked four mayors to join his cabinet.. it's why whenever i visit our cities and meet their leaders, i tend to leave more optimistic and more confident about america's future, our best days are genuinely ahead of us. now, i realize it may be a little unusual for the secretary of state to address the conference of mayors. and as you heard from mayor suarez, and i'm told this is accu

america is, america is the scar on the less mona lisa. the rest of the world they can live with, but the united states of america, because of her conservative underpinnings, because of our foundational values contained in the united states constitution, the declaration of independence, the federalist papers, because of those values they want to make sure that american changes. donald trump knew this. that's why his line was make america great again. because he knew that and of the democrats this country can never reach for full potential. yes, it can remain on some level great. it can be greater than any other country, but the united states of american has so much more potential than that. this is the shining city on the hill, as reagan put it. this is a place unlike any other. and. it's up to us to keep it, and it's up to us to research and now and find out and expose somebody like joe biden, the most dangerous president in history.ha i know that so much has happened the last couple of weeks. and i know that tonight there's a big announc